FoxMorzillo, Sebastian

, or Sebastianus Foxius Morzillus, a learned Spaniard,
originally of the family of
Foix, in Aquitaine, was born at Seville in 1528, and passed
the whole of his short life in the study of philosophy and
the belles lettres, acquiring such reputation from his works
as made his untimely death a subject of unfeigned regret
with his countrymen. After being educated in grammar
learning at Seville, he studied at Lou vain e and other universities, and acquired the esteem of some of the most
eminent professors of his time. Before he was twenty
years of age he had published his “Paraphrasis in Ciceronis topica,” and in his twenty-fourth year his Commentary on the Timaeus of Plato. About this time the reputation he had acquired induced Philip II. king of Spain, to
invite him home, and place his son the infant Carlos under
his care; but returning by sea, he unhappily perished by
shipwreck in the flower of his age, leaving the following
works as a proof that his short space of life had been employed in arduous and useful study: 1. “De Studii philosnphici ratione,” of which there is an edition joined to
Nunnesius’s “De recte conficiendo curriculo Philosophico,” Leyden, 1621, 8vo. 2. “De usu et exercitatione
Dialectica,” and “De Demonstratione,” Basil, 1556, 8vo.
| 3. “In Topica Ciceronis paraphrasis et scholia,” Antwerp,
1550, 8vo. 4. “De naturae philosophise seu de Platonis
et Aristotelis consensione, libri quinque,” Louvaine, 1554,
8vo, often reprinted. 5. “De Juventute atqtie de Honore,” Basil. 6. “Compendium Ethices, &c.” Basil,
1554, 8vo. 7. “In Platonis Timaeum seu de universo
commentarius,” ibid. 1554, fol. 8. “In Phaedonem; et
in ejusdem decem libros de republica commentarii,” Basil.
9. “De Imitatione,” Antwerp, 1S54, 8vo. 10. “De conscribenda historia,” Antwerp and Paris, 1557, 8vo, and
Antwerp again, 1564. Mirseus, Gerard Vossius, Gabriel
Naudeus, and others, speak of this author as one of the
most learned men of his time. 1

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